Ritchie would be a terrible pick at 4, not that he's a bad player but out of all the scouting reports not one has him above Draisaitl and Dal Colle.
So at the very least, you trade down to 6 and pick up a 2nd + if he is your target. If somebody else wants to play smartest guy in the room and reach for him at 4 and Draisaitl or Dal Colle slides to 6, you still win.
Other guys available at 4 are better players today and I wouldn't agree that Dal Colle or Draisaitly have a lower upside anyway.
For me, picking guys who succeed in junior because they lean on smaller players is a recipe for disaster. Not that Ritchie won't be a good player, but his game this year was built on his ability to bulldoze everybody on the ice. At the Nhl level he is not big enough to do that, and with concussions already, frankly he has fairly high bust potential.
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